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Wilson Alvarez
Wilson Eduardo (Fuenmayor) Alvarez

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 235 lb.

Debut July 24, 1989
  vs. TOR 0.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER, L
Born March 24, 1970 in Maracaibo, Venezuela

Signed by the Texas Rangers as an amateur free agent in 1986. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1989 19 TEX AL   0   1   1   1   0   0   0  0    0.0    3    3    3   2    2    0   0   0     5   0   0   inf  0.00    0   inf
 1991 21 CHW AL   3   2  10   9   2   1   0  0   56.3   47   26   22   9   29   32   0   2   237   0   0  3.51  3.98  113 1.349
 1992 22 CHW AL   5   3  34   9   0   0   4  1  100.3  103   64   58  12   65   66   4   2   455   2   0  5.20  3.91   75 1.674
 1993 23 CHW AL  15   8  31  31   1   1   0  0  207.7  168   78   68  14  122  155   7   2   877   8   1  2.95  4.21  143 1.396
 1994 24 CHW AL  12   8  24  24   2   1   0  0  161.7  147   72   62  16   62  108   0   3   682   1   0  3.45  4.71  136 1.293 AS
 1995 25 CHW AL   8  11  29  29   3   0   0  0  175.0  171   96   84  21   93  118   2   1   769   4   2  4.32  4.48  104 1.509
 1996 26 CHW AL  15  10  35  35   0   0   0  0  217.3  216  106  102  21   97  181   4   2   946   3   0  4.22  4.75  112 1.440
 1997 27 TOT     13  11  33  33   2   1   0  0  212.0  180   97   82  18   91  179   4   5   896   4   1  3.48  4.31  124 1.278
         CHW AL   9   8  22  22   2   1   0  0  145.7  126   61   49   9   55  110   3   4   613   1   0  3.03  4.39  145 1.243
         SFG NL   4   3  11  11   0   0   0  0   66.3   54   36   33   9   36   69   1   1   283   3   1  4.48  4.12   92 1.357
 1998 28 TBD AL   6  14  25  25   0   0   0  0  142.7  130   78   75  18   68  107   9   4   624   0   0  4.73  4.75  100 1.388
 1999 29 TBD AL   9   9  28  28   1   0   0  0  160.0  159   92   75  22   79  128   6   3   703   1   0  4.22  4.97  118 1.488
 2002 32 TBD AL   2   3  23  10   0   0   3  1   75.0   80   47   44  13   36   56   4   2   339   3   0  5.28  4.42   84 1.547
 2003 33 LAD NL   6   2  21  12   1   1   2  1   95.0   80   27   25   5   23   82   5   1   377   1   0  2.37  4.03  170 1.084
 2004 34 LAD NL   7   6  40  15   0   0   6  1  120.7  109   56   54  12   31  102   5   1   499   2   0  4.03  4.10  102 1.160
 2005 35 LAD NL   1   4  21   2   0   0   3  0   24.0   31   15   15   7    7   16   0   0   109   0   0  5.63  4.10   73 1.583
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 14 Yr WL% .526 102  92 355 263  12   5  18  4 1747.7 1624  857  769 190  805 1330  50  28  7518  29   4  3.96  4.44  112 1.390
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  10  39  28   1   0   1  0  192.0  178   94   84  20   88  146   5   3   827   3   0  3.96  4.44  112 1.390
 Career High     15  14  40  35   3   1   6  1  217.3  216  106  102  22  122  181   9   5   946   8   2  2.37  4.97  170 1.084
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1997 27 TOT     33   26    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   7  .115  .179  .115  -20    3   1   0   0   0   0
         CHW AL  22    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         SFG NL  11   23    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   5  .130  .200  .130  -10    3   1   0   0   0   0
 1999 29 TBD AL   2    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2002 32 TBD AL   2    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2003 33 LAD NL  20   29    1    5   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   9  .172  .200  .172    1    5   1   0   0   0   2
 2004 34 LAD NL  39   31    4    5   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  14  .161  .188  .161   -6    5   2   0   0   0   2
 2005 35 LAD NL  21    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     306   95    6   13   0  0   0    1   0  0   4  33  .137  .172  .137  -16   13   5   0   0   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         50    3    7   0  0   0    1   0  0   2  17  .137  .172  .137  -16    7   3   0   0   0   2
 Career High     39   31    4    5   0  0   0    1   0  0   2  14                           5   2   0   0   0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1997 27 TOT      29   24    1   1.1   106| .115  .268| .179  .339| .115  .421| .294  .760| -20  .063  -4.6  -0.5   0%
         CHW AL    3    3    0   0.0   105| .000  .266| .000  .335| .000  .421| .000  .757|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
         SFG NL   26   21    1   1.3   107| .130  .268| .200  .340| .130  .421| .330  .760| -10  .080  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 1999 29 TBD AL    3    3    0   0.0   114| .000  .275| .000  .348| .000  .440| .000  .788|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 2002 32 TBD AL    4    4    0   0.0   103| .000  .261| .000  .328| .000  .420| .000  .747|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
 2003 33 LAD NL   31   27    1   1.0   104| .172  .261| .200  .332| .172  .419| .372  .751|   1  .050  -4.2  -0.4   0%
 2004 34 LAD NL   34   30    1   0.9   107| .161  .263| .188  .334| .161  .427| .349  .762|  -6  .040  -4.9  -0.5   0%
 2005 35 LAD NL    3    3    0   0.0   106| .000  .266| .000  .336| .000  .424| .000  .760|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons      104   91    3   0.9   106| .137  .264| .172  .335| .137  .423| .309  .758| -16  .041 -16.3  -1.7   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1989 19 TEX AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70 1991 21 CHW AL P 10 1 7 0 1 1.000 .952 0.80 0.58 1.28 1.81 9 56.3 1992 22 CHW AL P 34 4 14 2 0 .900 .952 0.53 0.56 1.62 1.72 9 100.3 1993 23 CHW AL P 31 5 28 1 2 .971 .954 1.06 0.56 1.43 1.79 31 207.7 1994 24 CHW AL P 24 6 13 0 1 1.000 .955 0.79 0.52 1.06 1.72 24 161.7 AS 1995 25 CHW AL P 29 7 31 0 1 1.000 .960 1.31 0.53 1.95 1.79 29 175.0 1996 26 CHW AL P 35 11 29 0 3 1.000 .959 1.14 0.52 1.66 1.77 35 217.3 1997 27 TOT P 33 8 23 2 0 .939 .954 0.94 0.50 1.32 1.75 33 212.0 CHW AL P 22 6 17 1 0 .958 .954 1.05 0.49 1.42 1.71 22 145.7 SFG NL P 11 2 6 1 0 .889 .952 0.73 0.52 1.09 1.85 11 66.3 1998 28 TBD AL P 25 5 6 0 1 1.000 .957 0.44 0.50 0.69 1.78 25 142.7 1999 29 TBD AL P 28 2 24 3 1 .897 .952 0.93 0.47 1.46 1.69 28 160.0 2002 32 TBD AL P 23 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.35 0.48 0.96 1.69 10 75.0 2003 33 LAD NL P 21 4 16 0 2 1.000 .957 0.95 0.48 1.89 1.85 12 95.0 2004 34 LAD NL P 40 3 16 0 0 1.000 .964 0.47 0.47 1.42 1.84 15 120.7 2005 35 LAD NL P 21 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.10 0.46 0.75 1.76 2 24.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1989 19 TEX AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70 1991 21 CHW AL P 10 1 7 0 1 1.000 .952 0.80 0.58 1.28 1.81 9 56.3 1992 22 CHW AL P 34 4 14 2 0 .900 .952 0.53 0.56 1.62 1.72 9 100.3 1993 23 CHW AL P 31 5 28 1 2 .971 .954 1.06 0.56 1.43 1.79 31 207.7 1994 24 CHW AL P 24 6 13 0 1 1.000 .955 0.79 0.52 1.06 1.72 24 161.7 1995 25 CHW AL P 29 7 31 0 1 1.000 .960 1.31 0.53 1.95 1.79 29 175.0 1996 26 CHW AL P 35 11 29 0 3 1.000 .959 1.14 0.52 1.66 1.77 35 217.3 1997 27 TOT P 33 8 23 2 0 .939 .954 0.94 0.50 1.32 1.75 33 212.0 CHW AL P 22 6 17 1 0 .958 .954 1.05 0.49 1.42 1.71 22 145.7 SFG NL P 11 2 6 1 0 .889 .952 0.73 0.52 1.09 1.85 11 66.3 1998 28 TBD AL P 25 5 6 0 1 1.000 .957 0.44 0.50 0.69 1.78 25 142.7 1999 29 TBD AL P 28 2 24 3 1 .897 .952 0.93 0.47 1.46 1.69 28 160.0 2002 32 TBD AL P 23 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 0.35 0.48 0.96 1.69 10 75.0 2003 33 LAD NL P 21 4 16 0 2 1.000 .957 0.95 0.48 1.89 1.85 12 95.0 2004 34 LAD NL P 40 3 16 0 0 1.000 .964 0.47 0.47 1.42 1.84 15 120.7 2005 35 LAD NL P 21 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.10 0.46 0.75 1.76 2 24.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 355 58 215 8 12 .972 .956 0.77 0.51 263 1747.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 355 58 215 8 12 .972 .956 0.77 0.51
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1993   ALCS  CHW TOR     L   1   1   1.00  1  0  0  1   9     7   1   2   6 
 1997   NLDS  SFG FLA     L   1   1   6.00  0  1  0  0   6     6   4   4   4 
 2004   NLDS  LAD STL     L   2   0  10.80  0  1  0  0   3.1   4   4   0   4 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       0-2   3   1   7.71  0  2  0  0   9.1  10   8   4   8 
  3 Postseason Ser      0-3   4   2   4.42  1  2  0  1  18.1  17   9   6  14 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1993   ALCS  CHW TOR     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1997   NLDS  SFG FLA     L   1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 2004   NLDS  LAD STL     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Div Series       0-2   3   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   0-3   4   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1994   CHW AL      0  0  0   1     0   0   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1994   CHW AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1994 *

ERA
1993 AL-2.95-2
1994 AL-3.45-9

Wins
1994 AL-12-7
1996 AL-15-8

Hits Allowed/9IP
1993 AL-7.28-4
1996 AL-8.94-8

Strikeouts/9IP
1996 AL-7.50-6
Car-6.85-97

Strikeouts
1996 AL-181-6

Games Started
1996 AL-35-2

Shutouts
1993 AL-1-10
1997 AL-1-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1993 AL-122-1
1995 AL-93-3
1996 AL-97-5

Losses
1998 AL-14-8

Adjusted ERA+
1993 AL-143-4
1994 AL-136-9

Salary
2000 AL-$9,000,000-8

Youngest Player
1989 AL-19-1
1991 AL-21-6
1992 AL-22-8

         

Gray Ink: Pitching - 27 (848) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1071) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 9.0 (957) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

September 23, 1986: Signed by the Texas Rangers as an amateur free agent.

July 29, 1989: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Scott Fletcher and Sammy Sosa to the Chicago White Sox for Harold Baines and Fred Manrique.

July 31, 1997: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Danny Darwin and Roberto Hernandez to the San Francisco Giants for Lorenzo Barcelo, Mike Caruso, Keith Foulke, Bobby Howry, Ken Vining, and Brian Manning (minors).

November 1, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

December 3, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

September 30, 2002: Released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

January 31, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 30, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

December 18, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

November 3, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 21, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 19, 2005: Retired from the Los Angeles Dodgers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1991Chicago White Sox$100,000
1992Chicago White Sox$130,000
1993Chicago White Sox$180,000
1994Chicago White Sox$285,000
1995Chicago White Sox$2,250,000
1996Chicago White Sox$2,825,000
1997Chicago White Sox$4,662,500
1998Tampa Bay Devil Rays$4,500,000
1999Tampa Bay Devil Rays$4,500,000
2000Tampa Bay Devil Rays$9,000,000
2001Tampa Bay Devil Rays$9,000,000
2002Tampa Bay Devil Rays$8,000,000
2004Los Angeles Dodgers$1,500,000
2005Los Angeles Dodgers$2,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$48,932,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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